@dapaze said in Not one game will load:

These roms were were working on a Windows machine using version "mame 0.31"

mame-mame4all ... requires rom version MAME 0.37b5

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/MAME/

from the Retropie setup menu in EmulationStation enable Runcommand option

select a game to play ... press a button to enter the Runcommand menu and select a lower resolution for the Video Mode than you're currently running the game at.

Quote: What is your best source to download the roms?

Read Rule No. 2

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules

@martinfr said in RPi 1 Model B only reports 256MB RAM under RetroPie:

To my surprise, the OS only reports 256MB of memory (checked through ssh).
Is that expected? If not, how can I tell it to use the full 512MB?

I think so - the rest of the memory may be reserved for the GPU, since it's used by both the front-end (EmulationStation) and the emulators.

@mitu said in Ras Pi 1 >4 SD card issues (roms not visible or loading):

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/

Thanks!

@herb_fargus Thank you. I will google that and see if it will do the trick. Update: That seems to have done the trick. On to the next stage.

@thereretrobros you will run 8bit stuff like NES, SMS and Game Gear just fine. Perhaps Mega Drive acceptably. SNES is going to struggle. Forget Neo Geo and most MAME games.

@jocaedu Are you sure your controller/usb cable are OK ? 1 gamepad detected implies the keyboard is detected, but not the controller.
As for the image, I don't think there is such a thing as Windows User-Friendly drivers on the Linux, but over USB the controller should be detected ok. Please give more details about your setup - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first - especially about your controller model and version.

tags: this is not twitter.

@8bitmaggot Did you follow the official instructions ? https://retropie.org.uk/docs/8Bitdo-Controller/ Sounds like you have the hack mode set wrong - you need to change it and reconfigure controller.

@thedeathstar said in looking for free legal games:

@dankcushions Right, I don't think anyone is doing that, and that certainly wasn't the topic in this thread. I guess you'll say it's not your job to explain, but how is accepting donations for the image which packages non-commercial items different than selling a project made from that same image? It seems to me that Buzz is really upset that their work is being monotized, but saying it's because of the non-commercial emulators. Hence, having your cake and eating it too.

We accept donations for our work on RetroPie-Setup etc - nothing to do with selling other peoples software. We don't sell anything.

I am not happy about people breaking licences, and associating RetroPie with piracy which is happening all the time. I don't have to help anyone sell RetroPie "legally". Why should I ?

@BuZz OK sure thing best of my knowledge I'll supply more details
Running windows 7
Downloaded retropie from Raspberrypi.org
Used the Jessie download link
Used a SD formatter I downloaded
Just trying to load some ROMs onto this thing
I have the Raspberry pi zero 1v 3 (can't see the act led)
16gb SD card with adapter
Power source I'm running off a adsoter
From my cell phone (meets minimum requirements)
You think that maybe the Raspberry could be faulty? (had a big blue stripe drawn on the logo on top) could be a bad refurbished one...

15 days later I finally got enough time and another sdcard to try it again. Confirmed: the problem was the old sdcard. Sorry for the false alarm. Or let's be optimistic, a false positive is better than a real bug. :-)

Thanks guys!

@sancho1234 You will need to overclock. Also make sure sid emulation is set to "fast mode" and not accurate. You may want to consider a rpi3 though for c64 emulation (if you want accuracy etc).

Please read the link at the top of the screen - as I have no idea what version of RetroPie you are running for example (and no idea of what version of vice).

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Just to clarify yes I have 2 USB ports on my Rasp Pi.

I reinstalled 4.1 on it yesterday and am currently copying a rom collection back over to it. I'll try to check tonight to see if they run smoothly or not.

@barretta no Prob :3

Alright, I've decided to buy a Pi3 Kit and go with it, since it comes with all those built in functionalities. Thanks for the fast replies!

I managed to get it to work!

Turns out that I had to change the retroarch.cfg files inside the individual emulator folder, since the global retroarch.cfg file changes did not seem to register for the Neogeo ROM :)